The sesquicentennial, or 150th anniversary, of the Civil War is being observed beginning this year. We are reviewing the pages of The Clarke County Democrat (renamed The Clarke County Journal during the war) for a local view of the historical event. More...

Back during March Madness, when folks into basketball or betting or both were printing off NCAA tournament brackets to figure which teams were most likely to make it to the Final Four, Garden & Gun decided to bracket things that Southerners eat a More...

Without a doubt, the number one issue on people’s minds is the economy. Over the last few years our economy has taken a huge hit. In Clarke and Monroe Counties, the unemployment rate is over 16 percent. More...